Very low food security predicts obesity predominantly in California Hispanic men and women

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2228-2236

  Leung, Cindy W ^a   Williams, David R ^a   Villamor, Eduardo ^a,b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

BMI; Food insecurity; Gender; Obesity; Race ethnicity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BODY MASS; CATERING SERVICE; CAUCASIAN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET; ECONOMICS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUP; OBESITY; POVERTY; RACE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY MASS INDEX; CALIFORNIA; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FOOD SUPPLY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; OBESITY; POVERTY; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870219662     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980012000857     Document Type: Article

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